Balgarianovinite.com The sixth person born in Antarctica, Jose Manuel Valladares Solis, delivered the lecture “Born in Antarctica – Six” during the Sofia Science Festival at Sofia Tech Park on Saturday, dedicated to the little-known story of the total of 11 people born on the icy continent and to life in one of the most inhospitable places on the planet.
In an interview with BTA, Valladares said that his birth was not planned. His mother travelled to Esperanza Base as part of an official delegation – a 48-hour visit that turned into something entirely different. Three aeroplanes, a helicopter transfer, an accident along the way, and his father – a colonel with decades of Antarctic experience – setting off on foot with a sled and dogs to reach the base. By the time he arrived, Jose Manuel had already been born. He also recounted how a young couple of doctors on site improvised with the available equipment during his birth in order to save him.
His birth, like those of the other ten people born there, was the result of a political plan by the Argentine junta to assert territorial sovereignty through human presence on the continent. His father had opposed the plan, pointing out that it was irresponsible to bring pregnant women to a place without a hospital, airport or emergency assistance.
His mother died in 2024 – on February 22, Antarctica Day in Argentina.
Founder of the Native Antarcticans Foundation, Valladares has developed an international career in media and public speaking in the United States and Europe. The number six recurs throughout his life as a sign – he is the sixth person born on the continent, and his father supported the pilot who reached the South Pole as a representative of the sixth nation in history to do so.
Asked what message he would like to leave to people, Valladares said he believes Antarctica does not need territorial claims and flags, but people who work together as one.
He described Antarctica as a model of international cooperation in which people from different nations do not oppose one another, but work together. Valladares also asks himself why, as human beings, people cannot behave in the same way everywhere in the world. Sixth Person Born in Antarctica Presents Lecture at Sofia Science Festival 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-16 12:22:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law